Production Planner I

WHO WE ARE

The Wing Group is a global leader in engineered solutions for demanding environments, bringing together a portfolio of trusted brands including Wing Inflatables, Mustang Survival, Henshaw Inflatables, Patten Company, and FabTek Industries. Across defense, marine safety, law enforcement, and industrial sectors, we design and manufacture mission-critical inflatable, flotation, and survival solutions that professionals trust to perform when it matters most.

WHAT WE OFFER

We offer a competitive salary depending on the experience level of the candidate. Additionally, we offer extended health and dental benefits, 401K with employer matching, and industry perks. The final agreed upon salary may vary based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

RESPONSAIBILITIES:

• In consultation with Supervisor, create production plans and schedules which reflect the existing production capacity taking into account materials availability, production lines, team size, team efficiency, machine capacity, work schedules and plans to adjust capacity.  This includes the planning of finished assemblies as well as sub-assemblies required for finished assemblies.
• Analyze customer delivery requirements, identify capacity gaps and work with Engineering and Production to create plans to close or mitigate customer delivery gaps.
• To ensure the schedule of daily expectation is communicated to each line, Production Management, and other stakeholders such as Quality.
• To ensure the dates, quantities, and status of work orders and planning data within ERP stays current and accurate at all times to ensure Purchasing and Customer facing teams have accurate information.
• To review material gaps on planned work orders and work with the purchasing team to resolve these gaps.
• Runs Weekly Schedule Meeting and reports on performance against schedules, reviews new items which impact or add to scheduled work and works with Engineering and Production Management to adjust schedules and capacity as required.
•  Use schedule to lead long term capacity reviews to plan people and resources with Production Management, Engineering and Quality
• To release work orders daily to production modules and stay continuously up to date on production status.
• Track, analyze and report on manufacturing delivery, efficiency metrics and work order variances
• Track, analyze and report on variances to production schedules and work with Production Management to make performance gains and to close gaps.
• Review scheduling issues to plan corrective and preventative actions associated with the planning process or systems.
• Respond to quote requests by reviewing material and schedule constraints for delivery
• Other responsibilities as required.

REQUIREMENTS:

• A Bachelor or Diploma or Certificate with a technical discipline.

• 1 to 2 years previous scheduling experience

• Good shop floor planning & scheduling abilities.

• Good Supply Management and/or Forecast / Capacity planning understanding.

• Good working knowledge of garment related machinery & equipment, and its spec and requirements.

• Good communication skills, verbal and written.

• Good problem-solving skills.

• Strong computer skills, particularly with MS Excel and other reporting tools

• Oracle Netsuite or similar ERP experience an asset.

• Ability to speak Spanish is an asset.